A two-day gun buyback program intended to provide people an anonymous way to surrender weapons collected more than 350 guns and paid out more than $25,000 at locations in Asbury Park and Rumson last weekend, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday.

The final total of 359 weapons included five assault weapons, 59 semi-automatic handguns, 157 revolvers, 52 shotguns, and 56 rifles. Nine inoperable weapons and 21 BB-guns were also surrendered despite no payout being offered for those items, the prosecutor's office said.

"Every weapon was voluntarily surrendered and will be slated for destruction," Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said in a release. "The naysayers of gun amnesty programs like this miss one important issue – not everyone understands about responsible storage of weapons and some don't know the law concerning the sale of weapons, so a gun buy back program offers the best solution, because unwanted and improperly stored weapons can end up in the wrong hands of the wrong person."

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The two-day program disbursed $25,100 for the surrender of the weapons at Asbury Park Satellite Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the Rumson Police Department, the prosecutor's office said.

Authorities said a total of 209 firearms were surrendered on Friday: 112 in Asbury Park and 97 in Rumson. And 150 were surrendered on Saturday: 76 in Asbury Park and 74 in Rumson.

The gun buy back program was funded in part by a g donation from the Sellig family and the Community Foundation of New Jersey.